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Improve the pattern crosswind leg
Each lap slightly wider and higher than the last, because you're unconsciously using the previous lap as your reference instead of the runway and the numbers. Invisible lap to lap, unmistakable across ten. This is the failure that only measurement catches, because your memory of lap three is gone by lap eight.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
One stabilised approach gate for a circuit: five checks where the approach path is 500 ft above the runway. The 1,000 ft gate is an instrument-approach check and does not apply.
Side view — the last 4,984 ft of the approach.
Plan view — the full 4,984 ft runway, to the same scale as the side view.
The 1,286 ft touchdown sits inside the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The flight in the Cessna Skyhawk began with a departure roll from runway 32 at KEWB New Bedford Regional Airport. The takeoff distance was 130 meters, which accounted for 9% of the runway length. The liftoff speed of the aircraft was 63 knots. The local weather at the time of departure was 13°C with a wind speed of 4 knots coming from 310°, resulting in a 4 knot headwind with no crosswind component.
After takeoff, the aircraft made a left hand pattern entry from runway 32 at KEWB New Bedford Regional Airport, covering a distance of 1 nautical mile in 9 seconds. Subsequently, a left hand pattern crosswind leg was flown, covering a distance of less than 1 nm in 19 seconds. During the pattern downwind turn, the aircraft covered a distance of 1 nm, with an angle to the runway of 47.1°. The downwind leg of the pattern was 2 nm long and took 63 seconds to complete. The base leg turn covered a distance of 1 nm, with an angle to the runway of 7.5°.
The landing was performed on runway 32 at KEWB New Bedford Regional Airport, which has a runway length of 1,519 meters. The height at threshold was 52 feet above ground level, and the speed at threshold was 69 knots. The touchdown occurred 391 meters from the threshold, with a touchdown speed of 46 knots and a vertical speed indicator reading of -120 feet per minute. The local weather at the time of landing remained consistent with a temperature of 13°C, a wind speed of 4 knots coming from 310°, resulting in a 4 knot headwind with no crosswind component.
Overall, the total flight distance covered was 6 nautical miles, taking 9 minutes to complete. The flight consumed 1 kilogram of fuel during the duration.
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